Yann Benoist (born 6 February 1951) is a French session guitarist, performer, singer , composer, conductor, and arranger.

When Benoist was 18 he started playing and singing , juggling time between school and gigging with some local bands in Brittany and Normandy.

Since then he has worked on stage or sessions for commercials,[1][2][3][4][5] TV movies,[6][7] TV shows,[8] and musical comedies,[9] with a lot of numerous French stars such as Renaud, Gilbert Becaud, Serge Lama, Patricia Kaas, Mireille Mathieu, Richard Bohringer, Jean Guidoni, Sylvie Vartan, Sheila (singer), Hugues Aufray, Jean-Luc Lahaye, Julien Clerc, Dave (singer), Patrick Hernandez, Lucky Blondo, Nancy Holloway, Marcel Azzola, Sacha Distel, Murray Head, Maurane, Marie Myriam, Francis Cabrel, Smain, Dorothée, Gilles Servat, William Sheller, Jacques Loussier, and Michel Legrand.

He was involved in all Version of "Envoyé Spécial " on TV ( A2 , FR 2 ) from 1990 to 2016 He is a composer for APM Music and Universal Publishing.

including  :Gilbert Bécaud B+B(je t'appartiens) Composer Yann Benoist Lyrics Pierre Delanoë / Manny Curtis